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Nanoparticle Supersoap Creates ‘Bijel’ With Potential as Sculptable Fluid

New Study on Graphene-Wrapped Nanocrystals Makes Inroads Toward Next-Gen Fuel Cells

Image - A new study explains how an ultrathin oxide layer (oxygen atoms shown in red) coating graphene-wrapped magnesium nanoparticles (gold) still allows in hydrogen atoms (blue) for hydrogen storage applications. (Credit: Berkeley Lab)

Berkeley Lab Scientists Map Key DNA Protein Complex at Near-Atomic Resolution

X-ray Footprinting Solves Mystery of Metal-Breathing Protein

Photo - Sayan Gupta, an X-ray footprinting expert demonstrates a type of sample holder that was used to study how a protein binds to a mineral. (Credit: Paul Mueller)

New Results Reveal High Tunability of 2-D Material

Image - Kaiyuan Yao (seated at left), Nick Borys (seated at right), and P. James Schuck (standing), seen here at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry, measured a property in a 2-D material that will could help realize new applications. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab)

New 3-D Simulations Show How Galactic Centers Cool Their Jets

Image - This rendering illustrates magnetic kink instability in simulated jets beaming from active galactic nuclei. The jets are believed to be associated with supermassive black holes. The magnetic field line (white) in each jet is twisted as the central object (black hole) rotates. As the jets contact lower-density matter they recollimate. This causes the toroidal magnetic field to build up and become unstable. The irregular bends and asymmetries of the magnetic field lines are symptomatic of kink instability. The instability dissipates toroidal magnetic field into heat and leads to a less tightly wound magnetic field. (Credit: Berkeley Lab, Purdue University, NASA)

Annual Wind Power Report Confirms Technology Advancements, Improved Project Performance, and Low Wind Energy Prices

Survey Provides High-Precision Measurements of Universe’s Makeup

Image - Map of dark matter made from gravitational lensing measurements of 26 million galaxies in the Dark Energy Survey. The map covers about 1/30th of the entire sky and spans several billion light-years in extent. Red regions have more dark matter than average, blue regions less dark matter. (Credit: Chihway Chang/Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago; DES collaboration)

New Simulations Could Help in Hunt for Massive Mergers of Neutron Stars, Black Holes

Image - This image shows the aftermath of a merger between a black hole and neutron star, 5.5 thousandths of a second after the event. This image shows the formation of a wide, hot disk and an inner disk of matter. (Credit: Classical and Quantum Gravity, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6382/aa573b)

A Semiconductor That Can Beat the Heat

Atomic rattling in cesium tin iodide.

Lights! Action! Photo-Activated Catalyst Grabs CO2 to Make Ingredients for Fuel

Berkeley Lab's Niu and Zheng with New Photocatalysts

NIH Awards $9.3M for Further Development of PHENIX Structural Biology Software